The works of Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England.

582 INDEX.
propter duritiem cordis, i. 47; its discommodities R. Cotton, ii. 515; letter to, upon Somerset's trial,
and commodities, i. 47; all states have had it, i. 47; ii. 518.4
none such as that of improving lands, ii. 387. Vinegar, experiment touching, ii. 123; virtue of, ii
127.
VAcTvUr, whether it exists at all, theory of, ii. 578. Vinegar with spirits of wine, ii. 465.
Vain-glory, essay on, i. 57. Vines, grafting of, upon vines, ii. 88; on making them
Valerius Terminus, a rudiment of the advancement of more fruitful, ii. 13.
learning, i. 8; on the interpretation of nature, i. Vineyard, the arrest of the ship so named in Sardinia,
81. by the Spaniards, ii. 196.
Vanities in studies, i. 169. Viol and lute, use of the perforations made in them,
Vanity of matter is worse than vain words, i. 170. iii. 544.
Vanity in apparel should be avoided, ii, 386. Violets, what an infusion of good for, ii. 9.
Valour, and military disposition, greatness too often Virginal string, sound of, ii. 8.
ascribed to, ii. 222; of the Spaniard lieth in the eye Virginia and Summer Islands, ii. 285.
of the looker on, ii. 222; English about the soldier's Virgil, his saying respecting courage, i. 36; his characheart, ii. 213; of glory and of natural courage are ter of ancient Italy, i. 37; prophecy of the Roman
two things, ii. 213. empire, i. 43; his Georgics, i. 219; his separation
Vapour, of charcoal, dangerous, ii. 127; emission of between policy and government, and arts and
spirits in, ii. 126. sciences, i. 164; his opinion of causes and conquests
Vatican, scarce a very fair room in it, i. 50. of all fears, i. 182.
Venetians, their sharing part of the duchy of Milan Virtue would lanquish without glory and honour,
a cause of much loss to them, ii. 202; confederacy i. 73.
against their power, ii. 205; their fear of the Virtues of bishops, ii. 414.
Spaniards *sharpened by their enterprise upon the Virtues, private, improved by learning, i. 181; their
Valtoline and the Palatinate, ii. 213, 214. multiplication rests upon well ordained societies, i.
Vegetables and metals, mixture of, ii. 459. 46; overt virtues bring forth praise, but there are
Vegetables in the mines of Germany, ii. 76. secret virtues that bring forth fortune, i. 46; best
Velleius's ironical propensity to be avoided, i. 174. in a comely body, i. 48; praise the reflection of, i.
Venice, remark of a Spanish ambassador, on seeing 56; receives its due at the second hand, i. 57; called
their treasury of St. Mark, ii. 201, 213. by the epicures bonum theatrale, i. 73; the answer
Ventriloquism, ii. 40. to that, i. 73.
Venus and Mercury, a question which is higher than Visibles and audibles, consent and dissent between,
the other, ii. 580; Venus, change of its colour in ii. 41.
the reign of Ogyges, and in 1578, ii. 582. Vitellius undone by a fame scattered by Mucianus,
Venus, i. 299; danger of abstinence to certain natures, i. 62.
ii. 92; experiments touching, ii. 91; when men Vitrification of earth, ii. 21.
most inclined to, ii. 92. Vitrification of metals, ii. 461, 462.
Vercelles in Savoy, the Spaniards leave it, ii. 200. Vitriol, commixed with oil of cloves, ii. 465; sprouts
Vermilion, how made, ii. 461. with moisture, ii. 81.
Vernon, Lady, her case before the Lord Chancellor Vivification, nature of, ii. 92.
Bacon, ii. 523. Voice, divine, above the light of nature, i. 329.
Vere, Sir Francis, his private commentary of the Voices of eunuchs and children, ii. 33.
service in the Low Countries and of the battle of Volatility and fixation of metals, ii. 461, 462.
Newport, ii. 211; the direction of the army that Vorstius, the heretic, ii. 46.
day transmitted to him by the Prince of Orange, ii. Vulcan, compared with flame, ii. 12; a second nature
211. working compendiously, i. 195.
Vere, Sir Horace, his service at the battle of Newport,
ii. 211. WAADE, lieutenant of the Tower, removed, ii. 324.
Verge, subjects within jurisdiction of the, ii. 290. Wales, prince of, ii. 381.
jurisdiction of, ii. 290; charges judicial upon the Wales, prince of, Henry, letter to, in 1612, with the
commission for the, ii. 289; description of the, ii. third edition of the essays, i. 3.
290. Walls, stone ones unwholesome, ii. 128.
Versatility of mind, i. 235. Walsingham, Mr. Secretary, good intelligence received
Version of metals, ii. 459. in his time, ii. 215.
Version of air into water, ii. 10. Wandering mind fixed by mathematics, i. 199.
Vespasian, his speech to Domitian, i. 112; his death, War, its true sinews, ii. 157, 225; generally causes
i. 12; Mucianus's encouragement to him to take of poverty and consumption, ii. 201; requisites to a
arms against Vitellius, i. 14; Tacitus's character of successful war, ii. 199, 202; defensive wars for
him, i. 20; saying of, i. 110, 1 17. religion are just, ii. 202; unjust offensive wars, evil
Vibulenus, the actor, his device, i. 218. effects of, illustrated by the insidious surprisal of
Vice avowed is least to be feared, i. 175. Thebes by the Lacedmmonians, ii. 202; and by the
Vicious men, not so dangerous as half-corrupt, i. 175. Venetians sharing Milan, ii. 202; a voluntary
Vicious precepts, i. 237. offensive war turned to a necessary defensive war,
Vicissitude of things, essay on, i. 60. becomes just, ii. 203; fear a sufficient ground of
Villiers', Sir George, letters to Ireland, ii. 190, 191; preventive war, ii. 203-205; many illustrations
advice to, in the station of prime minister, ii. 375; of it, ii. 203-205; a secret war is ever between
letter to, on Somerset's arraignment, ii. 330; letter all states, ii. 204; multis utile bellum, ii. 227; reof, to Sir F. Bacon, concerning Lord Chief Justice quisites for, typified, i. 293; lawful cause of, i. 27;
Coke, ii. 498; letter to, about the Earl of Somerset, warlike people love danger better than travail, i. 38;
ii. 326; letter to, on L'ady Somerset's pardon, ii. religious questions on, ii. 444; holy, advertisement
331; letter to, ii. 491; F. Bacon to, touching Sir touching, ii. 436; holy, extent of, ii. 440; holy, ii.